Flight tests of weatherproof RLV tiles underway on NASA F-15B
NASA has started flight testing advanced ceramic and metallic thermal protection system (TPS) tiles on the nose of its F-15B testbed aircraft to see if they can withstand foul weather better than the fragile ceramic tiles used on the Space Shuttle. Rockwell is developing the tiles along with NASA...
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